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• Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

  Doug Larson

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

  James A. Baldwin

  Family, Education, Wisdom

  Nobody Knows My Name (1961) "Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a letter from Harlem"

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• A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.

  Edward de Bono

  Beautiful, Mind, Attractive

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• Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Listening, Process, Reciprocal

  Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.239, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.

  Dale Carnegie

  Interesting, Want, Good Conversation

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• To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking.

  Brad Listi

  Jobs, Talking, Listening

  Source: therumpus.net

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• People of influence understand the incredible value of becoming a good listener.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Becoming, Influence

  John C. Maxwell (2009). “Maxwell 2-in-1 Becoming a Person of Influence & Talent Is Never Enough”, p.274, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I think... you know, collaboration, in general - no matter movies, television or Broadway - is offering of what you can bring to the table and also fighting what you think the important battles are. Not everything is going to make it in there. Not everything is going to work. You have to collaborate. And you have to be a good listener.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Fighting, Thinking, Offering

  Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. October 2, 2010.

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• A good listener: a physical presence that is warm, alert, intelligent - more important than any words.

  Susan Sontag

  Intelligent, Listening, Important

  Susan Sontag (2012). “As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980”, p.382, Macmillan

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• It takes a little bit of mindfulness and a little bit of attention to others to be a good listener, which helps cultivate emotional nurturing and engagement.

  Deepak Chopra

  Emotional, Mindfulness, Attention

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• Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.

  Walter Anderson

  Eulogy, Listening, Treasured

  Walter Anderson (1986). “Courage is a three-letter word”, Random House Inc

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• Everybody talks, nobody listens. Good listeners are as rare as white crows.

  Helen Keller

  White, Listening, Crow

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.63, American Foundation for the Blind

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• People aren't very good listeners, by nature. Part of being a good communicator is recognizing and understanding that and trying to make the complex simple. I try to capture a concept, an idea or a moment in a few words. If they remember it, job done.

  Mike Tomlin

  Jobs, Simple, Ideas

  "Inside Tomlin's Style: Humility, Words Matter for Steelers Coach". Interview with Jarrett Bell, usatoday30.usatoday.com. January 31, 2009.

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• I don't think you can be a good listener unless you're a good listener. I think it's something that you really have to do, and if you really do it, then you can do it. If you don't do it, then you can't do it.

  Dick Gephardt

  Thinking, Can Do, Listeners

  "Chameleon" by Richard Blow, www.motherjones.com. September/October 1994.

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• The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

  Kelly Wearstler

  Keys, Important, Key To Success

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• I'm a darned good listener.

  Naomi Judd

  Listeners

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• I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Cities, People

  Marilyn Monroe (2006). “My Story”, p.70, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• In this world of gossip, a good listener is rarer than a great orator.

  Christopher Pike

  Gossip, World, Orators

  Christopher Pike (2013). “Thirst: Thirst No. 1; Thirst No. 2; Thirst”, p.236, Simon and Schuster

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• It’s like someone who prays every night saying God’s a good listener. Just because you’re talking to us doesn’t mean we’re listening. With me and God, you never really know.

  Paul Neilan

  Mean, Night, Talking

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• I'm a good listener. I think it's the one characteristic that's most important. I've always been that way. Not that I take all the advice, but you've got to listen to it and have the courage to make your own decision. Then I just go for it.

  Tom Cruise

  Thinking, Decision, Advice

  "New Again: Tom Cruise And Cameron Crowe". Interview with Jeff Oloizia, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 15, 2011.

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• be a good listener, don't judge and don't put boundaries on someone else's grief.

  Jodi Picoult

  Grief, Judging, Boundaries

  Randy Susan Meyers, M. J. Rose, Ronlyn Domingue, Sarah Pekkanen, Jodi Picoult (2013). “Atria Book Club Bites: A Free Sampling of Ten Books Guaranteed to Feed Your Discussion”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• Tommy (Thompson) is a good listener, and he's a pretty good actor, too.

  George W. Bush

  Actors, Good Actors, Listeners

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• To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener. The rest will come.

  Jean Craighead George

  Writing, People, Problem

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• I'm not a good listener some times. I'm too much of a control freak. I'm learning to be better. I was so caught up in just getting the job done that I would miss out on the human aspect of this. There was a connection missing.

  Howard Stern

  Jobs, Work, Missing

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• Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.

  Andrew Cuomo

  Long, Politician, Listeners

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